MY TWO FIRSTS (30 JANUARY 2007)
I had 2 firsts today. Today is the first time a dog kissed me and the first time I completed an arm's length transaction on my own.
It all started with our plan to have dinner at Aston's at East Coast. Aston's was once a western food stall in a kopitiam, but they became so successful that they started their own restaurant. We heard rave reviews about their good steaks at affordable prices and decided to join the queue. Whilst Daddy stood in line, I went to a pet store with Mummy. At the entrance of the pet store sat 2 dogs - a really big one and a tiny one. Both of them starred at me. I started talking to them. When it was time for me to go, the big dog walked up to me and kissed me on my cheek. I was so thrilled!
Dinner was nice. I tried mushroom soup, steak, chicken, carrots and corn. We all loved the food, and will certainly return.
After dinner, we walked past a bakery and I saw some muffins on sale. I walked up to the shopkeeper and said: "I would like a muffin please." The lady seemed a little taken aback by what I'd said to her, so I repeated it in Mandarin for her: "Wo yao muffin." The lady then asked me to pick a flavour. I looked at the full array of muffins they had on display and pointed to the blueberry one. "I want this one", I annouced. She then asked me how many I wanted and I replied: "One." The lady put my muffin in a paper bag and I handed her a $2 note. She gave me my change and I said: "Thank you. Xie xie." My first arm's length transaction. :)
We continued walking until we came across this shophouse with a really large metal urn in front of it. We peered in the shophouse and saw many black idols on the shelves. It looked really creepy. We then saw a newspaper cutting stuck on the window with the words "Ghostbuster", which explained it all.
What an interesting trip to the East Coast!
I had 2 firsts today. Today is the first time a dog kissed me and the first time I completed an arm's length transaction on my own.
It all started with our plan to have dinner at Aston's at East Coast. Aston's was once a western food stall in a kopitiam, but they became so successful that they started their own restaurant. We heard rave reviews about their good steaks at affordable prices and decided to join the queue. Whilst Daddy stood in line, I went to a pet store with Mummy. At the entrance of the pet store sat 2 dogs - a really big one and a tiny one. Both of them starred at me. I started talking to them. When it was time for me to go, the big dog walked up to me and kissed me on my cheek. I was so thrilled!
Dinner was nice. I tried mushroom soup, steak, chicken, carrots and corn. We all loved the food, and will certainly return.
After dinner, we walked past a bakery and I saw some muffins on sale. I walked up to the shopkeeper and said: "I would like a muffin please." The lady seemed a little taken aback by what I'd said to her, so I repeated it in Mandarin for her: "Wo yao muffin." The lady then asked me to pick a flavour. I looked at the full array of muffins they had on display and pointed to the blueberry one. "I want this one", I annouced. She then asked me how many I wanted and I replied: "One." The lady put my muffin in a paper bag and I handed her a $2 note. She gave me my change and I said: "Thank you. Xie xie." My first arm's length transaction. :)
We continued walking until we came across this shophouse with a really large metal urn in front of it. We peered in the shophouse and saw many black idols on the shelves. It looked really creepy. We then saw a newspaper cutting stuck on the window with the words "Ghostbuster", which explained it all.
What an interesting trip to the East Coast!
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